STAND. COM. REP. NO.  364

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1107

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1107 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize members of the Hawaii National Guard to use non-lethal weapons, including electric guns, to support civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement functions.

     The State Department of Defense and The Oahu Veterans Council testified in support of this measure.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposed this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1107 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair